Nirvana · In Utero
Dumb
Dumb is in E flat minor at 109.5 beats per minute.
Tempo
110 BPM · Moderatomedian of 130 analyses · 109.4–109.6 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E♭ minor6 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 92%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 130people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 547.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 440.8Hz · +3 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.1dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.899Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.114Essentia's danceability, 0–3
Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.
What the numbers say
130 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 92% — put it in E flat minor, a key signature of 6 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 130 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 109.5 BPM one beat lasts 547.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 137 ms and a dotted eighth 411 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 54.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 219. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.8 Hz, which is 3 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.1 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.899 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.
10 other recordings here are in E flat minor; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.
Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.
Keys that fit with E♭ minor
Each of these differs from E♭ minor by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.
Delay times at 110 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2191.8 | 0.46 |
| Half note | 2 | 1095.9 | 0.91 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 821.9 | 1.22 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 547.9 | 1.83 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 365.3 | 2.74 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 411 | 2.43 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 274 | 3.65 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 182.6 | 5.48 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 205.5 | 4.87 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 137 | 7.3 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 91.3 | 10.95 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 68.5 | 14.6 |
Half time 54.8 BPM · double time 219 BPM. Every row is one beat (547.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- D.S.Michael JacksonE♭ minor109BPM
- GreaseFrankie ValliE♭ minor110BPM
- Instant CrushDaft Punk feat. Julian CasablancasE♭ minor110BPM
- Hollaback GirlGwen StefaniE♭ minor110BPM
- The Way You Look TonightMichael BubléE♭ minor110BPM
- Play With FireThe Rolling StonesE♭ minor109BPM
- Natural BluesMobyE♭ minor108BPM
- Lighten UpBeastie BoysE♭ minor108BPM
- Do You Know, Do You Care?Phil CollinsE♭ minor111BPM
- Tabloid JunkieMichael JacksonE♭ minor111BPM
Recordings in E flat minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 110 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E flat minorAll songs at 110 BPME♭ minor at 100–109 BPMNirvana
MusicBrainz collapses 218 recording ids into this one. Recording id 656cfcb3-5870-4db8-8510-6cb598b47aad.